Essay name: Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study)
Author:
Shri N. M. Kansara
Affiliation: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda / Department of Sanskrit Pali and Prakrit
This is an English study of the Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala, a Sanskrit poem written in the 11th century. Technically, the Tilaka-manjari is classified as a Gadyakavya (鈥減rose-romance鈥�). The author, Dhanapala was a court poet to the Paramara king Munja, who ruled the Kingdom of Malwa in ancient west-central India.
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midst of a thicket of redds a certain just-born male
child. He took it up lovingly and made it over to his
queen. The child's named was called 'Mu帽ja' with refe-
rence to his origin. B眉hler and Zachariae reject the
legend about Mu帽ja's being a foundling as unhistorical.
Later on a son was born to Siyaka II. He was named
Sindhula. As Mu帽ja united in himself all the good qua-
lities, the king wished to crown him king. It is narrated
that. Mu帽ja killed his own wife who had overheard the
king relating the story about his being a foundling and
entrusting him with the care of Sindhula. But Sindhula
is said to have disobeyed Munja who, therefore, bani-
shed him, though after some time the former went back
and received from Mu帽ja a district for his personal
revenue.But when Sindhula again displayed his haughti-
ness he had his eyes put out by Munja and was confined
in a wooden cage. Sindhula was called "Navasahas膩峁卥a"
because he undertook hundreds of daring deeds. His son
was Bhoja. Merutunga further informs us that at the
birth of Bhoja, a certain astrologer skillfully calcu-
lated his nativity and predicted that "for fifty-five
years, seven months and three days King Bhoja is destined
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